equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of QR and the reduction in … headcount poverty index, both the poverty gap and the squared poverty gap indices increase. The Gini coefficient increases as … inputs in the sector, lower factor prices in agriculture, and lower factor incomes for these households. Thus, poverty in …

equilibrium (CGE) models constructed for the purpose of integrating poverty analysis with the usual macroeconomic variables and … capture some of the effects of trade liberalization on poverty reduction. Further work needs to be done in expanding the … financial liberalization on poverty reduction. To this end a preliminary model is presented which can be compactified to carry …